New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-18
PERSONAL

At watering place recently visitor found sisnor
Verdi living In ono small room and expressed surprise
thcreat whereupOn tho maestro said: "Oh, have two
other largo rooms, but keep the articles hired oy mo
in them" With this the composer rose from his seat'
opened q door, and showed his astonished vis1or
nnety-ive barrel organs. remarking, when came
here all these organs played 'Rlgoletto irova.oe'
and similar stun have hired 'hem rom inc sn"y nv
! pay about 1900 lire, and now ! can eh!oy my
summer rest without being DISTURBED"
Muey Hassan knows how to collect taxes, anyway.
Recently many Of his subjects manifested tendency
to BIO delinquent. 1hereupon he cut Of the heads OF
dozen or SO stuck them In hOnt OF his palace,
to encourage prompt settlement on the part Of the
Others. 1t work d spIcnddly Every delinquent tax
payer In Morocco settled mp in full, next day.
NJ Cbevreul In tie Institute of Sciences occupies
chair next to that Of NJ Polncarre The FORMER
Is 1Oa and the latter 33 years old.
Governor Pennoyer. of Oregon, who is coming on
here with the Pioneers Excursion from that State
wi visit New-york for the first time since no wont
West thirty years ago.
Dr. Holub has reached England after three years
Of exploration In Africa and although his expedition
was broken up and plundered by the savage Mashu-
kuumbe tribe far north of the Zambcsi, no has yet
saved large and interesting collection which should
prove Of immense scientific value. This colectl0n-a
wreck only Of what was gathered by tho industrious
exporer-hls la In 1t there are t02 skins
of Quadrupes ready for stun ng, Of which 20 are OF
anima as largo as the koodoo-an antelope heavier
the red deer Of birds there 2,221 specimens
of Insects n 900, including 81 900 beetles and 5000
moths and butterflies. There are also $500 specimens
Of plants. 1here are 800 recorded observations In
meteoroogy and moro than that number OF tho measure
ments of elevations. Altogether 1t seems probable
that Important collection never dispatched
from Africa at one time
Near Invermark, Lord Dalhousie's estate,
fountain some years ago erected to commemorate
visit paid to the place by tho Queen It bears this
inscription, I'm gold letters, crest, stranger on this
lovely scene and drink and pray for Scoands Queen
Victoria" A Highlander was shocked one morning
read tho following addenda, traced In bold hand
suggestive of the London tourist immediately under
meath tho Original, "well pray for Queen Victoria
hero, but 20 ana drink her health In beer"
NJ Dlbler the public executioner of Paris Is very
fond Of birds and music. He has a largo and we'll
stocked avary, and Is capital performer on the Violin
NJ. Ernest Daudet has become Editor Of $40 Petit
Moniteur"
King umbcrt Of Italy Is only fortythrco years DID,
yet his hair. long since gray, is now nearly white
Only few months before his death Michael Katkoh
wrote Of France, away with nation that docs not
believe In tho Almighty, nation incapable OF de-
fonding itself, and which surrenders to enemy I'm
hundreds of thousands" The Frenchmep OF tho
present day arc a dcpraved body" "1he present
Irenchman IL composed Of nothing but words"
d. r. shlllaber ("Mrs. Partington" Is visiting his
son William mt No. I.427 Washinston-ayo. this city,
and will cordially welcome tho host Of friends he
has made lp q long ard useful lifetime.